Total Crime Rate
365.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
144.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fifth Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 23 local areas in West Thurrock and South Stifford , and the 14th highest crime rate of 501 local areas in Thurrock .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fifth Avenue (RM20 3JP) in the last 12 months was 365.1 per 1,000 residents and was 54.2% higher than the West Thurrock and South Stifford average (236.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 144.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 83.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fifth Avenue (RM20 3JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near First Avenue, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Schoolfield Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In West Thurrock and South Stifford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Rookery | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | First Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Fifth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fifth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fifth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fifth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fifth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Rookery | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | First Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fourth Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fourth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Motherwell Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Third Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | London Road West Thurrock | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Third Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Essex Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Essex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Essex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | First Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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